Richard

One immediately drops to the ground, takes off his hiking boots, and starts putting on his running shoes. The other says, “What are you doing? You can’t outrun a bear!” His friend replies, “I don’t have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun you!”

Sometimes misfortunes suffered by others satisfy our sense of justice.

As long as people were smart and strong enough to procure food and shelter, they would have needed no greater talents—nor would they have felt lacking.